From bret_stern at machinemanagement.com Tue Oct 5 16:48:23 2010 From: bret_stern at machinemanagement.com (Bret Stern) Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:48:23 -0700 Subject: ARP packets Message-ID: <1286297303.2869.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> A Remote Management card was responsible for this. After I removed it, the ARP requests stopped. it's always something! I've downloaded the software for it, and have a new toy to play with. On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 15:01 -0800, Bret Stern wrote: > Mostly I was curious about the specific IP number > 63.209.4.211, and why/how it is interested in that specific > Level3 hosted IP number. > There are no boot configurations for the dual onboard NICs > on this SuperMicro server, so it must be something in > Fedora that is querying for this IP. > > I'll check the network config files and see what I can find > out. B > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > On 10:59 AM 09/24/2010 redhat at billoblog.com wrote: > > > > Just out of curiosity, would this happen if you changed MAC addresses on > > your box and the arp cache had the old MAC address? I run a script that > > changes my MAC address on every boot up and every six hours when up, for > > instance. > > > > > > billo > > > > On Thu, 23 Sep 2010, Rick Stevens wrote: > > > > > On 09/23/2010 04:14 PM, Bret Stern wrote: > > >> Ladies and gentlemen, > > >> > > >> > > >> Playing with Wireshark and seeing > > >> "Gratuitous ARP for 63.209.4.211 (Request)" > > >> coming from my Fedora 12 ftp server. > > >> > > >> The ip address is a bit of a mystery since this is a fresh install, > > and > > >> I couldn't find any nic card setup in the bios which could contain > > this > > >> number. Must be in the server somewhere. > > >> > > >> Who's gonna solve this one? Where can I look? > > > > > > There are a couple possibilities. If a machine has two NICs on the > > > same IP you'll get that message. The offender could be another > > physical NIC > > > or an alias of another NIC (e.g. "eth0:0"). > > > > > > Another possibility is that you have a bond running (two NICs set up > > as > > > either a failover pair or an aggregate). If the system fails over > > from > > > one NIC to the other one (or if it switches when load sharing), an ARP > > > > > may be sent--depending on the bond type. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks at nerd.com - > > > > > - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - > > > > > - - > > > > > - "Microsoft is a cross between The Borg and the Ferengi. - > > > > > - Unfortunately they use Borg to do their marketing and Ferengi to - > > > > > - do their programming." -- Simon Slavin - > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Redhat-install-list mailing list > > > Redhat-install-list at redhat.com > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list > > > To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: > > > redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com > > > Subject: unsubscribe > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-install-list mailing list > > Redhat-install-list at redhat.com > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list > > To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: > > redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com > > Subject: unsubscribe > From pjulias at gmail.com Wed Oct 6 17:42:46 2010 From: pjulias at gmail.com (pjulias at gmail.com) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:42:46 +0200 Subject: Redhat-install-list Digest, Vol 80, Issue 1 Message-ID: -original message- Subject: Redhat-install-list Digest, Vol 80, Issue 1 From: redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com Date: 06/10/2010 6:04 pm Send Redhat-install-list mailing list submissions to redhat-install-list at redhat.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com You can reach the person managing the list at redhat-install-list-owner at redhat.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Redhat-install-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: ARP packets (Bret Stern) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:48:23 -0700 From: Bret Stern To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux Subject: Re: ARP packets Message-ID: <1286297303.2869.9.camel at localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" A Remote Management card was responsible for this. After I removed it, the ARP requests stopped. it's always something! I've downloaded the software for it, and have a new toy to play with. On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 15:01 -0800, Bret Stern wrote: > Mostly I was curious about the specific IP number > 63.209.4.211, and why/how it is interested in that specific > Level3 hosted IP number. > There are no boot configurations for the dual onboard NICs > on this SuperMicro server, so it must be something in > Fedora that is querying for this IP. > > I'll check the network config files and see what I can find > out. B > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > On 10:59 AM 09/24/2010 redhat at billoblog.com wrote: > > > > Just out of curiosity, would this happen if you changed MAC addresses on > > your box and the arp cache had the old MAC address? I run a script that > > changes my MAC address on every boot up and every six hours when up, for > > instance. > > > > > > billo > > > > On Thu, 23 Sep 2010, Rick Stevens wrote: > > > > > On 09/23/2010 04:14 PM, Bret Stern wrote: > > >> Ladies and gentlemen, > > >> > > >> > > >> Playing with Wireshark and seeing > > >> "Gratuitous ARP for 63.209.4.211 (Request)" > > >> coming from my Fedora 12 ftp server. > > >> > > >> The ip address is a bit of a mystery since this is a fresh install, > > and > > >> I couldn't find any nic card setup in the bios which could contain > > this > > >> number. Must be in the server somewhere. > > >> > > >> Who's gonna solve this one? Where can I look? > > > > > > There are a couple possibilities. If a machine has two NICs on the > > > same IP you'll get that message. The offender could be another > > physical NIC > > > or an alias of another NIC (e.g. "eth0:0"). > > > > > > Another possibility is that you have a bond running (two NICs set up > > as > > > either a failover pair or an aggregate). If the system fails over > > from > > > one NIC to the other one (or if it switches when load sharing), an ARP > > > > > may be sent--depending on the bond type. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks at nerd.com - > > > > > - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - > > > > > - - > > > > > - "Microsoft is a cross between The Borg and the Ferengi. - > > > > > - Unfortunately they use Borg to do their marketing and Ferengi to - > > > > > - do their programming." -- Simon Slavin - > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Redhat-install-list mailing list > > > Redhat-install-list at redhat.com > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list > > > To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: > > > redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com > > > Subject: unsubscribe > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-install-list mailing list > > Redhat-install-list at redhat.com > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list > > To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: > > redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com > > Subject: unsubscribe > ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Redhat-install-list mailing list Redhat-install-list at redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list End of Redhat-install-list Digest, Vol 80, Issue 1 ************************************************** From pjulias at gmail.com Wed Oct 6 17:48:42 2010 From: pjulias at gmail.com (pjulias at gmail.com) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:48:42 +0200 Subject: Redhat-install-list Digest, Vol 80, Issue 1 Message-ID: -original message- Subject: Redhat-install-list Digest, Vol 80, Issue 1 From: redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com Date: 06/10/2010 6:04 pm Send Redhat-install-list mailing list submissions to redhat-install-list at redhat.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com You can reach the person managing the list at redhat-install-list-owner at redhat.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Redhat-install-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: ARP packets (Bret Stern) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:48:23 -0700 From: Bret Stern To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux Subject: Re: ARP packets Message-ID: <1286297303.2869.9.camel at localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" A Remote Management card was responsible for this. After I removed it, the ARP requests stopped. it's always something! I've downloaded the software for it, and have a new toy to play with. On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 15:01 -0800, Bret Stern wrote: > Mostly I was curious about the specific IP number > 63.209.4.211, and why/how it is interested in that specific > Level3 hosted IP number. > There are no boot configurations for the dual onboard NICs > on this SuperMicro server, so it must be something in > Fedora that is querying for this IP. > > I'll check the network config files and see what I can find > out. B > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > On 10:59 AM 09/24/2010 redhat at billoblog.com wrote: > > > > Just out of curiosity, would this happen if you changed MAC addresses on > > your box and the arp cache had the old MAC address? I run a script that > > changes my MAC address on every boot up and every six hours when up, for > > instance. > > > > > > billo > > > > On Thu, 23 Sep 2010, Rick Stevens wrote: > > > > > On 09/23/2010 04:14 PM, Bret Stern wrote: > > >> Ladies and gentlemen, > > >> > > >> > > >> Playing with Wireshark and seeing > > >> "Gratuitous ARP for 63.209.4.211 (Request)" > > >> coming from my Fedora 12 ftp server. > > >> > > >> The ip address is a bit of a mystery since this is a fresh install, > > and > > >> I couldn't find any nic card setup in the bios which could contain > > this > > >> number. Must be in the server somewhere. > > >> > > >> Who's gonna solve this one? Where can I look? > > > > > > There are a couple possibilities. If a machine has two NICs on the > > > same IP you'll get that message. The offender could be another > > physical NIC > > > or an alias of another NIC (e.g. "eth0:0"). > > > > > > Another possibility is that you have a bond running (two NICs set up > > as > > > either a failover pair or an aggregate). If the system fails over > > from > > > one NIC to the other one (or if it switches when load sharing), an ARP > > > > > may be sent--depending on the bond type. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks at nerd.com - > > > > > - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - > > > > > - - > > > > > - "Microsoft is a cross between The Borg and the Ferengi. - > > > > > - Unfortunately they use Borg to do their marketing and Ferengi to - > > > > > - do their programming." -- Simon Slavin - > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Redhat-install-list mailing list > > > Redhat-install-list at redhat.com > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list > > > To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: > > > redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com > > > Subject: unsubscribe > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-install-list mailing list > > Redhat-install-list at redhat.com > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list > > To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: > > redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com > > Subject: unsubscribe > ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Redhat-install-list mailing list Redhat-install-list at redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list End of Redhat-install-list Digest, Vol 80, Issue 1 ************************************************** From pjulias at gmail.com Wed Oct 6 17:48:48 2010 From: pjulias at gmail.com (pjulias at gmail.com) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:48:48 +0200 Subject: Redhat-install-list Digest, Vol 80, Issue 1 Message-ID: -original message- Subject: Redhat-install-list Digest, Vol 80, Issue 1 From: redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com Date: 06/10/2010 6:04 pm Send Redhat-install-list mailing list submissions to redhat-install-list at redhat.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com You can reach the person managing the list at redhat-install-list-owner at redhat.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Redhat-install-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: ARP packets (Bret Stern) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:48:23 -0700 From: Bret Stern To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux Subject: Re: ARP packets Message-ID: <1286297303.2869.9.camel at localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" A Remote Management card was responsible for this. After I removed it, the ARP requests stopped. it's always something! I've downloaded the software for it, and have a new toy to play with. On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 15:01 -0800, Bret Stern wrote: > Mostly I was curious about the specific IP number > 63.209.4.211, and why/how it is interested in that specific > Level3 hosted IP number. > There are no boot configurations for the dual onboard NICs > on this SuperMicro server, so it must be something in > Fedora that is querying for this IP. > > I'll check the network config files and see what I can find > out. B > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > On 10:59 AM 09/24/2010 redhat at billoblog.com wrote: > > > > Just out of curiosity, would this happen if you changed MAC addresses on > > your box and the arp cache had the old MAC address? I run a script that > > changes my MAC address on every boot up and every six hours when up, for > > instance. > > > > > > billo > > > > On Thu, 23 Sep 2010, Rick Stevens wrote: > > > > > On 09/23/2010 04:14 PM, Bret Stern wrote: > > >> Ladies and gentlemen, > > >> > > >> > > >> Playing with Wireshark and seeing > > >> "Gratuitous ARP for 63.209.4.211 (Request)" > > >> coming from my Fedora 12 ftp server. > > >> > > >> The ip address is a bit of a mystery since this is a fresh install, > > and > > >> I couldn't find any nic card setup in the bios which could contain > > this > > >> number. Must be in the server somewhere. > > >> > > >> Who's gonna solve this one? Where can I look? > > > > > > There are a couple possibilities. If a machine has two NICs on the > > > same IP you'll get that message. The offender could be another > > physical NIC > > > or an alias of another NIC (e.g. "eth0:0"). > > > > > > Another possibility is that you have a bond running (two NICs set up > > as > > > either a failover pair or an aggregate). If the system fails over > > from > > > one NIC to the other one (or if it switches when load sharing), an ARP > > > > > may be sent--depending on the bond type. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks at nerd.com - > > > > > - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - > > > > > - - > > > > > - "Microsoft is a cross between The Borg and the Ferengi. - > > > > > - Unfortunately they use Borg to do their marketing and Ferengi to - > > > > > - do their programming." -- Simon Slavin - > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Redhat-install-list mailing list > > > Redhat-install-list at redhat.com > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list > > > To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: > > > redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com > > > Subject: unsubscribe > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-install-list mailing list > > Redhat-install-list at redhat.com > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list > > To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: > > redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com > > Subject: unsubscribe > ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Redhat-install-list mailing list Redhat-install-list at redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list End of Redhat-install-list Digest, Vol 80, Issue 1 ************************************************** From pjulias at gmail.com Wed Oct 6 17:50:34 2010 From: pjulias at gmail.com (pjulias at gmail.com) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:50:34 +0200 Subject: Redhat-install-list Digest, Vol 80, Issue 1 Message-ID: -original message- Subject: Redhat-install-list Digest, Vol 80, Issue 1 From: redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com Date: 06/10/2010 6:04 pm Send Redhat-install-list mailing list submissions to redhat-install-list at redhat.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com You can reach the person managing the list at redhat-install-list-owner at redhat.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Redhat-install-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: ARP packets (Bret Stern) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:48:23 -0700 From: Bret Stern To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux Subject: Re: ARP packets Message-ID: <1286297303.2869.9.camel at localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" A Remote Management card was responsible for this. After I removed it, the ARP requests stopped. it's always something! I've downloaded the software for it, and have a new toy to play with. On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 15:01 -0800, Bret Stern wrote: > Mostly I was curious about the specific IP number > 63.209.4.211, and why/how it is interested in that specific > Level3 hosted IP number. > There are no boot configurations for the dual onboard NICs > on this SuperMicro server, so it must be something in > Fedora that is querying for this IP. > > I'll check the network config files and see what I can find > out. B > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > On 10:59 AM 09/24/2010 redhat at billoblog.com wrote: > > > > Just out of curiosity, would this happen if you changed MAC addresses on > > your box and the arp cache had the old MAC address? I run a script that > > changes my MAC address on every boot up and every six hours when up, for > > instance. > > > > > > billo > > > > On Thu, 23 Sep 2010, Rick Stevens wrote: > > > > > On 09/23/2010 04:14 PM, Bret Stern wrote: > > >> Ladies and gentlemen, > > >> > > >> > > >> Playing with Wireshark and seeing > > >> "Gratuitous ARP for 63.209.4.211 (Request)" > > >> coming from my Fedora 12 ftp server. > > >> > > >> The ip address is a bit of a mystery since this is a fresh install, > > and > > >> I couldn't find any nic card setup in the bios which could contain > > this > > >> number. Must be in the server somewhere. > > >> > > >> Who's gonna solve this one? Where can I look? > > > > > > There are a couple possibilities. If a machine has two NICs on the > > > same IP you'll get that message. The offender could be another > > physical NIC > > > or an alias of another NIC (e.g. "eth0:0"). > > > > > > Another possibility is that you have a bond running (two NICs set up > > as > > > either a failover pair or an aggregate). If the system fails over > > from > > > one NIC to the other one (or if it switches when load sharing), an ARP > > > > > may be sent--depending on the bond type. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks at nerd.com - > > > > > - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - > > > > > - - > > > > > - "Microsoft is a cross between The Borg and the Ferengi. - > > > > > - Unfortunately they use Borg to do their marketing and Ferengi to - > > > > > - do their programming." -- Simon Slavin - > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Redhat-install-list mailing list > > > Redhat-install-list at redhat.com > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list > > > To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: > > > redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com > > > Subject: unsubscribe > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-install-list mailing list > > Redhat-install-list at redhat.com > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list > > To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: > > redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com > > Subject: unsubscribe > ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Redhat-install-list mailing list Redhat-install-list at redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list End of Redhat-install-list Digest, Vol 80, Issue 1 ************************************************** From rwatkins at dssolutions.com Thu Oct 7 22:59:25 2010 From: rwatkins at dssolutions.com (Ron Watkins) Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 15:59:25 -0700 (MST) Subject: Install questions Message-ID: <53700.10.0.0.123.1286492365.squirrel@webmail.dssolutions.com> We have several HP DL580 G5 boxes and want to configure dual-boot between RHEL and Solaris X64. I currently have Solaris X64 installed, and it has a GRUB boot menu. How can I install RHEL to use the "existing" GRUB boot loader rather than installinng it's own boot loader over top of the one already there? Also, my firs attempt at installing came up with an odd screen resolution for the console port. The resolution appears to be set during boot-up and I can't find where to change that resolution. The issue is that the console is being viewed through an ILO (lights-out) web-page with a resolution of 1024x768. However, the boot screen comes up as somthing like 1440x900 or somthing close to that. This makes it difficult to see the screen contents while booting. Thanks for any advice. Ron From m_a_n_j_u_s_k at yahoo.com Fri Oct 8 14:06:46 2010 From: m_a_n_j_u_s_k at yahoo.com (manju k) Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 07:06:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: rpmbuild issue Message-ID: <515868.15174.qm@web52402.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Hello all, I am using RedHat 6 Beta on intel 64bit system. When I build my software with rpmbuild command, the rpms are not getting generated in the directory specified in rpmmacros file(%_rpmdir) This is what I am doing.. rpmbuild -bb -vv --buildroot --target=x86_64 --rcfile /tmp/rpmrc /tmp/mySpecfile.spec # cat /tmp/rpmrc macrofiles: /tmp/rpmmacros # cat /tmp/rpmmacros %_arch {$ARCH} %_builddir /home/manju/build/mysoftware/temp/install %_buildshell /bin/sh %_rpmdir /home/manju/build/mysoftware/dest/ix86_linux24/images/ %_rpmfilename %%{NAME}-%%{VERSION}-%%{RELEASE}.{$ARCH}.rpm %_tmppath /home/manju/build/mysoftware/install/tmp So I expect the rpms to be present under the directory specified by %_rpmdir but instead they are going to /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64 directory.How do I address this ? Anyone has faced the same problem. Is this a bug ? Thanks and Regards, manju From ricks at nerd.com Fri Oct 8 16:41:34 2010 From: ricks at nerd.com (Rick Stevens) Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:41:34 -0700 Subject: rpmbuild issue In-Reply-To: <515868.15174.qm@web52402.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <515868.15174.qm@web52402.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4CAF49BE.2010307@nerd.com> On 10/08/2010 07:06 AM, manju k wrote: > > Hello all, > I am using RedHat 6 Beta on intel 64bit system. Haven't used it. The fact it's beta leads one to believe it may have bugs. > When I build my software with rpmbuild command, the rpms are not getting > generated in the directory specified in rpmmacros file(%_rpmdir) > > This is what I am doing.. > rpmbuild -bb -vv --buildroot --target=x86_64 --rcfile > /tmp/rpmrc /tmp/mySpecfile.spec > > # cat /tmp/rpmrc > macrofiles: /tmp/rpmmacros > > # cat /tmp/rpmmacros > %_arch {$ARCH} > %_builddir /home/manju/build/mysoftware/temp/install > %_buildshell /bin/sh > %_rpmdir /home/manju/build/mysoftware/dest/ix86_linux24/images/ > %_rpmfilename %%{NAME}-%%{VERSION}-%%{RELEASE}.{$ARCH}.rpm > %_tmppath /home/manju/build/mysoftware/install/tmp > > So I expect the rpms to be present under the directory specified by %_rpmdir > but instead they are going to /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64 directory.How do I > address this ? Anyone has faced the same problem. Is this a bug ? Judging by your commands above, it looks like you're trying the build as the root user. I never do that unless absolutely necessary. By default, rpmbuild builds things in $HOME/rpmbuild as you're seeing, where "$HOME" is the home directory of the invoking user. IIRC, the syntax is actually "--rcfile=/tmp/rpmrc" (including the "="). You could try verifying by rpmbuild --rcfile /tmp/rpmrc --showrc and rpmbuild --rcfile=/tmp/rpmrc --showrc and seeing if there's a difference. I also think you need a "=" in the "--buildroot=" option as well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks at nerd.com - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - The trouble with troubleshooting is that trouble sometimes - - shoots back. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From ricks at nerd.com Fri Oct 8 17:50:33 2010 From: ricks at nerd.com (Rick Stevens) Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 10:50:33 -0700 Subject: Install questions In-Reply-To: <53700.10.0.0.123.1286492365.squirrel@webmail.dssolutions.com> References: <53700.10.0.0.123.1286492365.squirrel@webmail.dssolutions.com> Message-ID: <4CAF59E9.70707@nerd.com> On 10/07/2010 03:59 PM, Ron Watkins wrote: > We have several HP DL580 G5 boxes and want to configure dual-boot between RHEL and Solaris X64. > I currently have Solaris X64 installed, and it has a GRUB boot menu. > How can I install RHEL to use the "existing" GRUB boot loader rather than installinng it's own boot loader > over top of the one already there? Assuming grub is installed in the MBR of the boot drive, then the installer should see it. The trick is that the /boot directory must be a filesystem RHEL understands natively (a filesystem type which is either built into the installer's kernel or in the installer's initrd RAMdisk image). If /boot is a Solaris partition/filesystem, I don't think RHEL has that built into the installer, hence it won't be able to decipher the /boot partition and can't verify that the various second- and third-stage loaders are there, nor can it find the /boot/grub/grub.conf file. What you'll have to do is have RHEL install its version of grub into the first RHEL partition on the drive. Then bring up your Solaris system and chainload to the grub on the RHEL partition--much as you'd do if you were chainloading Windows. > Also, my firs attempt at installing came up with an odd screen resolution for the console port. The resolution > appears to be set during boot-up and I can't find where to change that resolution. > The issue is that the console is being viewed through an ILO (lights-out) web-page with a resolution of > 1024x768. However, the boot screen comes up as somthing like 1440x900 or somthing close to that. This makes it > difficult to see the screen contents while booting. Thanks for any advice. Since this is the beta, it's going to be based on Fedora. On Fedora, the installer probes the video hardware (both the card and the monitor) and tries to use the largest display screen it can. It doesn't know about your ILO thingie--just the display hardware on your machine. You can force the display resolution by entering this at the "boot:" prompt during installation: linux resolution=1024x768 Set the resolution to whatever you want. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks at nerd.com - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From m_a_n_j_u_s_k at yahoo.com Sat Oct 9 16:53:38 2010 From: m_a_n_j_u_s_k at yahoo.com (manju k) Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 09:53:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: rpmbuild issue In-Reply-To: <4CAF49BE.2010307@nerd.com> References: <515868.15174.qm@web52402.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <4CAF49BE.2010307@nerd.com> Message-ID: <130163.88337.qm@web52406.mail.re2.yahoo.com> But the command sytax that I am using works perfectly on 32bit systems. On 32bit system the same command generates the rpm image under the directory specified by %_rpmdir I also tried your suggestion specifying "--buildroot=" and --rcfile= But no change in results. rpm images still go under /root/rpmbuilds.... I feel its a bug. regards, manju ----- Original Message ---- From: Rick Stevens To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux Sent: Fri, October 8, 2010 10:11:34 PM Subject: Re: rpmbuild issue On 10/08/2010 07:06 AM, manju k wrote: > > Hello all, > I am using RedHat 6 Beta on intel 64bit system. Haven't used it. The fact it's beta leads one to believe it may have bugs. > When I build my software with rpmbuild command, the rpms are not getting > generated in the directory specified in rpmmacros file(%_rpmdir) > > This is what I am doing.. > rpmbuild -bb -vv --buildroot --target=x86_64 --rcfile > /tmp/rpmrc /tmp/mySpecfile.spec > > # cat /tmp/rpmrc > macrofiles: /tmp/rpmmacros > > # cat /tmp/rpmmacros > %_arch {$ARCH} > %_builddir /home/manju/build/mysoftware/temp/install > %_buildshell /bin/sh > %_rpmdir /home/manju/build/mysoftware/dest/ix86_linux24/images/ > %_rpmfilename %%{NAME}-%%{VERSION}-%%{RELEASE}.{$ARCH}.rpm > %_tmppath /home/manju/build/mysoftware/install/tmp > > So I expect the rpms to be present under the directory specified by %_rpmdir > but instead they are going to /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64 directory.How do I > address this ? Anyone has faced the same problem. Is this a bug ? Judging by your commands above, it looks like you're trying the build as the root user. I never do that unless absolutely necessary. By default, rpmbuild builds things in $HOME/rpmbuild as you're seeing, where "$HOME" is the home directory of the invoking user. IIRC, the syntax is actually "--rcfile=/tmp/rpmrc" (including the "="). You could try verifying by rpmbuild --rcfile /tmp/rpmrc --showrc and rpmbuild --rcfile=/tmp/rpmrc --showrc and seeing if there's a difference. I also think you need a "=" in the "--buildroot=" option as well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks at nerd.com - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - The trouble with troubleshooting is that trouble sometimes - - shoots back. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Redhat-install-list mailing list Redhat-install-list at redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com Subject: unsubscribe From bret_stern at machinemanagement.com Mon Oct 11 18:48:53 2010 From: bret_stern at machinemanagement.com (Bret Stern) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:48:53 -0700 Subject: ping hostname on mixed windows/fedora environment Message-ID: <1286822933.2122.20.camel@fedora13> I have a single router issuing ip addresses (dhcp) to a variety of Windows/XP/Server and Fedora machines. Since all my Windows/Fedora machines are issued ip numbers from the router, I thought I would be able to ping by hostname to any one of the machines. My windows machines seem to ping by hostname more often than not. The Fedora machines (Fedora 12 ftp server, Fedora 13 workstation) do not, because I've never taken the time to figure it out. Although I don't NEED to ping by hostname accross my Windows/Fedora workstations, I would like to try. Any expertise on how to do this...or a good article I can read. As always, regards, Bret Stern From bc98kinney at yahoo.com Tue Oct 12 05:05:54 2010 From: bc98kinney at yahoo.com (Bob Kinney) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:05:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: ARP packets In-Reply-To: <1285283655.7592.21.camel@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: <649306.43892.qm@web112415.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> According to this... http://www.itsyourip.com/networking/gratitous-request-and-reply-in-arp/ A gratuitous ARP --- On Thu, 9/23/10, Bret Stern wrote: > From: Bret Stern > Subject: ARP packets > To: redhat-install-list at redhat.com > Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010, 6:14 PM > Ladies and gentlemen, > > > Playing with Wireshark and seeing > "Gratuitous ARP for 63.209.4.211 (Request)" > coming from my Fedora 12 ftp server. > > The ip address is a bit of a mystery since this is a fresh > install, and > I couldn't find any nic card setup in the bios which could > contain this > number. Must be in the server somewhere. > > Who's gonna solve this one? Where can I look? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-install-list mailing list > Redhat-install-list at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list > To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: > redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com > Subject: unsubscribe > From tpotter at techmarin.com Tue Oct 12 15:01:34 2010 From: tpotter at techmarin.com (Ted Potter) Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:01:34 -0700 Subject: ping hostname on mixed windows/fedora environment In-Reply-To: <1286822933.2122.20.camel@fedora13> References: <1286822933.2122.20.camel@fedora13> Message-ID: simple answer - to ping by hostname those boxes should be using a static ip address and each box needs to have the hosts file configured. What you are seeing is most likely due to the fact that even using dhcp those boxes are receiving the same ip address. My own habit is to use static ip addresses on a lan with five or less devices. On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Bret Stern < bret_stern at machinemanagement.com> wrote: > I have a single router issuing ip addresses (dhcp) to a variety of > Windows/XP/Server and Fedora machines. > > Since all my Windows/Fedora machines are issued ip numbers from the > router, I thought I would be able to ping by hostname to any one of the > machines. > > My windows machines seem to ping by hostname more often than not. The > Fedora machines (Fedora 12 ftp server, Fedora 13 workstation) do not, > because I've never taken the time to figure it out. > > Although I don't NEED to ping by hostname accross my Windows/Fedora > workstations, I would like to try. > > Any expertise on how to do this...or a good article I can read. > > As always, regards, > > Bret Stern > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-install-list mailing list > Redhat-install-list at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list > To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: > redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com > Subject: unsubscribe > -- Ted Potter tpotter at techmarin.com "the measure is effort." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From harold at hallikainen.com Tue Oct 12 16:16:16 2010 From: harold at hallikainen.com (Harold Hallikainen) Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:16:16 -0700 Subject: ping hostname on mixed windows/fedora environment In-Reply-To: References: <1286822933.2122.20.camel@fedora13> Message-ID: <8ddae2aa3e9bd4b5e4b83d7761bcc236.squirrel@louise.hallikainen.org> > > On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Bret Stern < > bret_stern at machinemanagement.com> wrote: > >> I have a single router issuing ip addresses (dhcp) to a variety of >> Windows/XP/Server and Fedora machines. >> >> Since all my Windows/Fedora machines are issued ip numbers from the >> router, I thought I would be able to ping by hostname to any one of the >> machines. >> >> My windows machines seem to ping by hostname more often than not. The >> Fedora machines (Fedora 12 ftp server, Fedora 13 workstation) do not, >> because I've never taken the time to figure it out. >> >> Although I don't NEED to ping by hostname accross my Windows/Fedora >> workstations, I would like to try. >> >> Any expertise on how to do this...or a good article I can read. >> >> As always, regards, >> >> Bret Stern >> > simple answer - to ping by hostname those boxes should be using a static > ip > address and each box needs to have the hosts file configured. What you are > seeing > is most likely due to the fact that even using dhcp those boxes are > receiving the > same ip address. My own habit is to use static ip addresses on a lan with > five or > less devices. I think the issue may be that Windows has a netbios name service. When a Windows machine does not find the hostname in lmhosts, it sends a netbios name query as a UDP broadcast. The device with the requested name responds with a UDP packet to the requesting machine's IP address with the IP address of the device with that name. I don't think Fedora supports the netbios name service. Harold -- FCC Rules Updated Daily at http://www.hallikainen.com - Advertising opportunities available! From m_a_n_j_u_s_k at yahoo.com Thu Oct 14 05:16:01 2010 From: m_a_n_j_u_s_k at yahoo.com (manju k) Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:16:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: rpmbuild issue In-Reply-To: <130163.88337.qm@web52406.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <515868.15174.qm@web52402.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <4CAF49BE.2010307@nerd.com> <130163.88337.qm@web52406.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <931865.10126.qm@web52408.mail.re2.yahoo.com> ----- Original Message ---- From: manju k To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux Sent: Sat, October 9, 2010 10:23:38 PM Subject: Re: rpmbuild issue But the command sytax that I am using works perfectly on 32bit systems. On 32bit system the same command generates the rpm image under the directory specified by %_rpmdir I also tried your suggestion specifying "--buildroot=" and --rcfile= But no change in results. rpm images still go under /root/rpmbuilds.... I feel its a bug. regards, manju ----- Original Message ---- From: Rick Stevens To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux Sent: Fri, October 8, 2010 10:11:34 PM Subject: Re: rpmbuild issue On 10/08/2010 07:06 AM, manju k wrote: > > Hello all, > I am using RedHat 6 Beta on intel 64bit system. Haven't used it. The fact it's beta leads one to believe it may have bugs. > When I build my software with rpmbuild command, the rpms are not getting > generated in the directory specified in rpmmacros file(%_rpmdir) > > This is what I am doing.. > rpmbuild -bb -vv --buildroot --target=x86_64 --rcfile > /tmp/rpmrc /tmp/mySpecfile.spec > > # cat /tmp/rpmrc > macrofiles: /tmp/rpmmacros > > # cat /tmp/rpmmacros > %_arch {$ARCH} > %_builddir /home/manju/build/mysoftware/temp/install > %_buildshell /bin/sh > %_rpmdir /home/manju/build/mysoftware/dest/ix86_linux24/images/ > %_rpmfilename %%{NAME}-%%{VERSION}-%%{RELEASE}.{$ARCH}.rpm > %_tmppath /home/manju/build/mysoftware/install/tmp > > So I expect the rpms to be present under the directory specified by %_rpmdir > but instead they are going to /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64 directory.How do I > address this ? Anyone has faced the same problem. Is this a bug ? Judging by your commands above, it looks like you're trying the build as the root user. I never do that unless absolutely necessary. By default, rpmbuild builds things in $HOME/rpmbuild as you're seeing, where "$HOME" is the home directory of the invoking user. IIRC, the syntax is actually "--rcfile=/tmp/rpmrc" (including the "="). You could try verifying by rpmbuild --rcfile /tmp/rpmrc --showrc and rpmbuild --rcfile=/tmp/rpmrc --showrc and seeing if there's a difference. I also think you need a "=" in the "--buildroot=" option as well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks at nerd.com - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - The trouble with troubleshooting is that trouble sometimes - - shoots back. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Redhat-install-list mailing list Redhat-install-list at redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com Subject: unsubscribe _______________________________________________ Redhat-install-list mailing list Redhat-install-list at redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com Subject: unsubscribe From m_a_n_j_u_s_k at yahoo.com Thu Oct 14 14:33:38 2010 From: m_a_n_j_u_s_k at yahoo.com (manju k) Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 07:33:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: rpmbuild issue In-Reply-To: <931865.10126.qm@web52408.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <515868.15174.qm@web52402.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <4CAF49BE.2010307@nerd.com> <130163.88337.qm@web52406.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <931865.10126.qm@web52408.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <310081.18856.qm@web52406.mail.re2.yahoo.com> The issue got resolved. From rpm package 4.6 onwards the rpmmacros file specified in rpmfc file is ignored. so I had to specify the macros using --define option. i.e. rpmbuild --define "_rpmdir /xyz/xyz/" ... .. ----- Original Message ---- From: manju k To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux Sent: Thu, October 14, 2010 10:46:01 AM Subject: Re: rpmbuild issue ----- Original Message ---- From: manju k To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux Sent: Sat, October 9, 2010 10:23:38 PM Subject: Re: rpmbuild issue But the command sytax that I am using works perfectly on 32bit systems. On 32bit system the same command generates the rpm image under the directory specified by %_rpmdir I also tried your suggestion specifying "--buildroot=" and --rcfile= But no change in results. rpm images still go under /root/rpmbuilds.... I feel its a bug. regards, manju ----- Original Message ---- From: Rick Stevens To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux Sent: Fri, October 8, 2010 10:11:34 PM Subject: Re: rpmbuild issue On 10/08/2010 07:06 AM, manju k wrote: > > Hello all, > I am using RedHat 6 Beta on intel 64bit system. Haven't used it. The fact it's beta leads one to believe it may have bugs. > When I build my software with rpmbuild command, the rpms are not getting > generated in the directory specified in rpmmacros file(%_rpmdir) > > This is what I am doing.. > rpmbuild -bb -vv --buildroot --target=x86_64 --rcfile > /tmp/rpmrc /tmp/mySpecfile.spec > > # cat /tmp/rpmrc > macrofiles: /tmp/rpmmacros > > # cat /tmp/rpmmacros > %_arch {$ARCH} > %_builddir /home/manju/build/mysoftware/temp/install > %_buildshell /bin/sh > %_rpmdir /home/manju/build/mysoftware/dest/ix86_linux24/images/ > %_rpmfilename %%{NAME}-%%{VERSION}-%%{RELEASE}.{$ARCH}.rpm > %_tmppath /home/manju/build/mysoftware/install/tmp > > So I expect the rpms to be present under the directory specified by %_rpmdir > but instead they are going to /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64 directory.How do I > address this ? Anyone has faced the same problem. Is this a bug ? Judging by your commands above, it looks like you're trying the build as the root user. I never do that unless absolutely necessary. By default, rpmbuild builds things in $HOME/rpmbuild as you're seeing, where "$HOME" is the home directory of the invoking user. IIRC, the syntax is actually "--rcfile=/tmp/rpmrc" (including the "="). You could try verifying by rpmbuild --rcfile /tmp/rpmrc --showrc and rpmbuild --rcfile=/tmp/rpmrc --showrc and seeing if there's a difference. I also think you need a "=" in the "--buildroot=" option as well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks at nerd.com - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - The trouble with troubleshooting is that trouble sometimes - - shoots back. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Redhat-install-list mailing list Redhat-install-list at redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com Subject: unsubscribe _______________________________________________ Redhat-install-list mailing list Redhat-install-list at redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com Subject: unsubscribe _______________________________________________ Redhat-install-list mailing list Redhat-install-list at redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com Subject: unsubscribe From karlp at ourldsfamily.com Thu Oct 14 22:48:33 2010 From: karlp at ourldsfamily.com (Karl Pearson) Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:48:33 -0600 Subject: ping hostname on mixed windows/fedora environment In-Reply-To: <8ddae2aa3e9bd4b5e4b83d7761bcc236.squirrel@louise.hallikainen.org> References: <1286822933.2122.20.camel@fedora13> <8ddae2aa3e9bd4b5e4b83d7761bcc236.squirrel@louise.hallikainen.org> Message-ID: <4dab5e3d2276e61f3debc3018292e658.squirrel@webmail.ourldsfamily.com> On Tue, October 12, 2010 10:16 am, Harold Hallikainen wrote: > >> >> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Bret Stern < >> bret_stern at machinemanagement.com> wrote: >> >>> I have a single router issuing ip addresses (dhcp) to a variety of >>> Windows/XP/Server and Fedora machines. >>> >>> Since all my Windows/Fedora machines are issued ip numbers from the >>> router, I thought I would be able to ping by hostname to any one of the >>> machines. >>> >>> My windows machines seem to ping by hostname more often than not. The >>> Fedora machines (Fedora 12 ftp server, Fedora 13 workstation) do not, >>> because I've never taken the time to figure it out. >>> >>> Although I don't NEED to ping by hostname accross my Windows/Fedora >>> workstations, I would like to try. >>> >>> Any expertise on how to do this...or a good article I can read. >>> >>> As always, regards, >>> >>> Bret Stern >>> > >> simple answer - to ping by hostname those boxes should be using a static >> ip >> address and each box needs to have the hosts file configured. What you >> are >> seeing >> is most likely due to the fact that even using dhcp those boxes are >> receiving the >> same ip address. My own habit is to use static ip addresses on a lan >> with >> five or >> less devices. > > I think the issue may be that Windows has a netbios name service. When a > Windows machine does not find the hostname in lmhosts, it sends a netbios > name query as a UDP broadcast. The device with the requested name responds > with a UDP packet to the requesting machine's IP address with the IP > address of the device with that name. > > I don't think Fedora supports the netbios name service. > > Harold > Harold is right. Also, your DHCP server would have to have the capability of updating DNS with the IP addresses of each client that uses it. Some can do that, many can't. If you really do want to use NETBIOS names, setup Samba on each Linux system, then you can get pinging by the UDP method to work, intermittently. I think Samba actually does it better than Windows... 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